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Re: echo $'\0' >a does not write the nul byte
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Martin Schulte |
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Re: echo $'\0' >a does not write the nul byte |
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Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:32:19 +0100 |
Hello Ilkka, hello *!
> Bash's echo is a builtin, so using it doesn't involve an execve().
Sure – but while passing a string (however it will be encoded) containing a
null byte to builtins would be possible in principle (as zsh shows) this would
lead to a large bunch of problems, e.g. another incompatibility between the
builtin and the external echo.
Best regards
Martin